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Carthy welcomes EU Court ruling on TTIP Trade Deal

...with me following publication of a legal opinion I commissioned which confirms that the Investment Chapter of TTIP and CETA would infringe the Irish Constitution. They consistently use similar reasoning to refuse to answer questions on ongoing...

14 May 2017 at 19:02

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Ireland has unique opportunity in campaign to stop CETA - Carthy

...Officer Mark Dearn. Addressing the meeting, Carthy said: “We’ve had the recent vote in the European Parliament ratifying CETA and we know that the battle has now shifted to the national level across Europe, for provisional ratification and...

15 Mar 2017 at 10:45

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Longford MEP Matt Carthy calls for referendum on trade deals

He said, "The Irish Government shouldn’t have to be brought to court themselves in order for that referendum to be held." See Local news section of www.longfordleader.ie for more on this story.

15 Sept 2017 at 13:00

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EU Court judgement on trade deal confirms that Irish referendum is required - Carthy

...will be required in Ireland before the government can sign up to the final agreement on the controversial EU-Canada CETA trade deal. Speaking from Strasbourg Matt Carthy said: “This judgement, which took the EU-Singapore FTA as a test case,...

16 May 2017 at 17:35

Local News

Matt Carthy calls on all Irish MEPs to vote against secret corporate courts

...right to sue elected governments for enacting policies they don’t like. “The mass movement across Europe against TTIP and CETA gave the Commission pause for a period, but their response to the popular anger at corporate courts changes nothing. While...

13 Feb 2019 at 12:42

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ICSA presidential election dates revealed

...in the uncovering of the abuse of the Quality Assurance Scheme. Mr Kent was also very vocal in his opposition to Mercosur, CETA and TTIP trade deals. He was also one of the first to highlight that farmers were losing on average €150 per head by virtue...

15 May 2019 at 12:47

Local News

Carthy slams Mitchell O'Connor's 'contempt for democracy' by refusing Dáil debate on CETA

He said the decision shows contempt for democracy and that ratification of CETA in Ireland requires a referendum. Matt Carthy said: “I have made repeated calls on Minister Mitchell O’Connor to come forward with a clear timeline for a debate and vote on...

08 Apr 2017 at 20:57

Local News

Ming happy as European Court of Justice puts the brakes on European Commission trade deals

...that are now being negotiated by the European Commission on behalf of all us in the EU, the likes of TTIP (with the USA), CETA (with Canada), Mercosur (with South American countries). "Though they are of major importance, will directly affect all our...

16 May 2017 at 17:28

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Longford farmers warned as ICSA chief says sustainable downsizing may be needed

...in its report on future trade agreements that beef will be the loser. “This vindicates the ICSA position against bad CETA, TTIP and Mercosur trade deals which offer little or no upside for the beef sector.”

05 Dec 2016 at 20:00

Martin: We cannot go into government with Sinn Fein over its EU policies

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Martin: We cannot go into government with Sinn Fein over EU its policies

... an overhaul of Europe’s immigration system, and criticised the party for its opposition to the Canada-EU trade agreement CETA. He said: “As far as I’m concerned, we can’t go into government with Sinn Fein if it maintains policy positions like the one...

13 Apr 2024 at 05:29

Local News

Briefing on CETA/TTIP and need for Irish referendum

...outlines that a constitutional referendum will be required in Ireland on the recently concluded EU-Canada trade agreement (CETA) due to the inclusion of the anti-democratic Investment Court proposal before the Government can sign up to it. “One of the...

15 Jun 2017 at 12:17

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No dice in General Election 2020 for Longford's ‘other’ candidates

... who was officially eliminated from the general election race on count four. The retired teacher, secretary of the Stop CETA Alliance of Ireland and Convenor of the Alliance of Birthmothers Campaigning for justice, was running as an independent...

13 Feb 2020 at 17:00

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